A PRACTICAL joke is a sort of trick played by one person upon another, in the hope of making him uncomfortable and ridiculous. To put one’s friend in an absurd situation, to interfere with his rights, to do something which will hurt him in body or mind, not very deeply perhaps, yet really, is the object of the practical joker. I have never in my life been able to see the least good, the least innocent fun, in practical jokes, but I have seen a great deal of evil and mischief resulting from them.
Some years ago, just at dusk, a maid-servant in a certain beautiful home took it into her head that it would be rare fun to dress herself in a sheet and frighten another of the servants. So she slipped into the grounds and hid herself behind a tree, and waited for285her opportunity.
Dancing merrily along and singing with a voice like a bird, came a sweet little daughter of the house, who had been sent on an errand to the lodge at the end of the green avenue. The merry child, sensitive to her finger-tips, caught a glimpse of the straight, stark figure skulking behind the oaks, and was so frightened that a few months afterward she died—of nervous shock, the physicians said, which then began its fatal work.
In our New England colleges a youth who had been studying hard that he might enter the Freshman class was startled from his sleep at midnight by a party of fellows in masks, who proceeded to make sport for themselves by that stupid process called “hazing” their companion. They had their silly fun, but it is to be hoped that none of the number engaged in it can ever think of that night without a pang, for it made the youth insane.—Harper’s Young People.
The Home Circle.
By Julia Balch
FAITHFUL STILL.
I CANNOT do great things for Him
Who did so much for me,
But I would like to show my love,
Dear Jesus, unto thee.
Faithful in every little thing,
Dear Saviour, may I be!
There are small crosses I may take,
Small burdens I may bear,
Small acts of faith and deeds of love,
Small sorrows I may share.
And little bits of work for thee
I may do everywhere.
And so I ask thee, Give me grace
My little place to fill,
That I may ever walk with thee,
And ever do thy will,
And in each duty, great or small,
May I be faithful still!
—Julia Balch.
Bishop Taylor’s Simple Outfit
Bishop Taylor, of Africa, is not an extravagant man. One of his helpers says that on the bishop’s tour of inspection last summer his outfit in the line of dishes consisted of one tea-cup, a can-opener, and his pocket-knife. He was attended by but one carrier.
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.
WHAT part of the household deserves more careful thought and attention than the children? Truly, childhood may well be likened to a beautiful spring morning, to the glistening of dew-drops on the grass, the chirruping of songsters in the forest, a scent of blossoms in the air, and sunshine over all; and how strange and cold and dark the world would be without the sunny eyes and joyous voice of the young!
Do we realize the responsibility that is upon us when God lends us one of these dear little ones? Are we anxious to train them up for his service, or for a place in the most fashionable society?
I am sure if we always go to that source where, for the asking, we shall receive the needed wisdom—liberally and without any upbraiding—we shall be enabled to speak the right words and sow the right seed very early in life. Let us try to make them happy. It is the little things we do that have a far more lasting influence than the many greater deeds.
The little opportunities that come to us day by day, and that are fleeing so rapidly away, must be seized upon to reach the deepest recesses of the child’s nature if we would cultivate refinement and delicacy of feeling and tender thoughtfulness, and make those natures wide, and deep, and broad.
Many children are stunted and dwarfed for want of these little attentions; and the deeper feelings of love, gratitude, respect, and reverence lie dead or unawakened, and they grow up cold and indifferent—worse even than that—stony-hearted unbelievers.
Above all, send the children to bed happy. Never let them sleep with a threatened punishment in anticipation. Settle all such things before dark, that the child may go to rest with a sense of forgiveness and peace in its heart. They will not be children long; let them be as free from care and pain as possible these few short years. Send them to rest with a smile and good-night kiss as your last act.
Yes, tuck them in bed with a gentle good-night;
The mantle of shadows is veiling the light,
And may be—God knows—on this little face
May fall deeper shadows in life’s weary race.
Drop sweet benedictions on each little head,
And fold them in prayer as they nestle in bed;
A guard of bright angels around them invite;
The spirit may slip from the mooring to-night.
—Mail and Express.
CIGARETTE SMOKING.
By Christian Union
WE think that the little city of Frankfort, in Kentucky, deserves no small praise for one thing its authorities have recently done. A law has there been enacted, with the purpose of enforcing it, too, that cigarettes shall no longer be sold in the corporation! Certainly a bold move, especially in a tobacco-raising State, and one that deserves universal imitation. The smoking of tobacco in any form is injurious to health, and even prejudicial to morals, but the cigarette is particularly to be denounced. The smoke of the medicated paper-wrap, combined with that of the deleterious weed, is usually inhaled so as to be passed measurably into the lungs before being breathed forth again into the poisoned air. And thus it immediately and directly introduces the seeds of insidious disease and death. The cigarette ought everywhere to be prohibited, if the young lads of our country, who are giving themselves up to the habit of smoking the killing nuisance, and who have not sense enough to do otherwise, would be preserved to reach a manhood of something like vigor. But of all people, our law-makers have the least moral courage when a real evil is to be dealt with; so that we are hardly able to hope that the Frankfort example will be generally followed. Public opinion must be relied upon; and yet this is itself permeated, so to speak, with the fumes of both cigarette and cigar, to say nothing of all sorts of pipes.—Christian Union.
THE MUMMY CATS OF BENI HASSAN.
A CURIOUS consignment of goods was received at London a few weeks ago, consisting of no less than 180,000 mummy cats from Egypt. These cats have lain in their sacred burial-place at Beni Hassan for 3,000 years or more, and after having fulfilled for so many centuries the destiny intended for them, have at last, under the impulse of nineteenth-century progress, been sacrificed upon the altar of "utility"—that modern all-devouring ogre. These mummies are now about to fill their final function of fertilizing English farm land. The English farmers are indebted for this excellent lot of twenty tons of manure to the lucky accident which befell an Egyptian who, while digging, fell into a pit, which proved to be a subterranean cave completely filled with mummy cats, each one being separately embalmed and wrapped up after the usual fashion of Egyptian mummies. Pussy of B. C. 2,000 was a sacred object to a section of the ancient Egyptians, and when a cat died—as even a cat eventually must—it was buried with as much honor as any human being. The finder having reported his discovery, laborers were soon at work, and turned out tens of thousands of the mummies. Some were taken by the farmers of the place, others went to a merchant in Alexandria, who shipped them to Liverpool, where another merchant, a local fertilizer, bought the consignment at £3 13s. 9d. a ton. The auctioneer, adding insult to injury, knocked down the lot of 180,000 cats with the head of one them as a hammer. To such base uses have the gods of Egypt come!—Scientific American.
MAKE YOUR HOME HAPPY.
LET home stand first before all other things. No matter how high your ambition may transcend its duties, no matter how far your talents or your influence may reach beyond its doors, before everything else build up a true home. Be not its slave; be its minister. Let it not be enough that it is swept and garnished; that its food is delicious; but feed the love in it, feed the truth in it, feed thought and aspiration, feed all charity and gentleness in it. Then from its walls shall come forth the true woman and the true man, who shall together rule and bless the land.—Selected.
Health and Temperance.
A CLEAR, ACTIVE BRAIN.
To succeed as a student, or in any department of business life, it is as necessary to have a clear and active brain as to have health of body. The latter is secured by taking sufficient nourishing food—just enough—at proper times and under proper circumstances, and sufficient exercise, followed by rest and sleep, breathing an abundance of pure air. There is no danger of having too much, if the temperature is right. We should obey all of the laws made by the great and good Father to aid us in taking the best possible care of ourselves, without which we are unable to be happy in this life or useful to the greatest extent. To have a clear and active brain, active in the right direction, requires due activity and rest, with friendly relations to the rest of the body, more especially the stomach and the digestive organs as a whole. If unwholesome food is taken, that difficult of digestion, if taken between meals,—even fruits being objectionable if not taken as part of meals, the dried fruit being particularly difficult of digestion,—if the stomach in any way is disturbed or becomes contaminated, cloudiness, weakness of the brain, with a corresponding derangement of the mind, naturally follow. If the student would make progress in study, it is as necessary to take proper food, such as will feed the brain, as it is for the laborer to strengthen the muscles by food adapted for that purpose.
It is a fortunate circumstance, a merciful fact, that plain and simple food—the grains furnishing the best of simple food—is the most nourishing, the easiest of digestion, as a whole, the most palatable to the unvitiated taste, and the cheapest, being in reach of those in humble circumstances, and the most favorable to health, as illustrated by the fact that the food which Daniel persisted in taking, without the king's wine, was better than that taken in the royal family. . . . Those students who have but little of this world's goods, who are compelled to live abstemiously, are the ones who will make their mark in the world, who will be "heard from."—Spelman Messenger, Atlanta, Ga.
TOBACCO.
By Earnest Christian
THE common use of tobacco to gratify an unnatural and depraved appetite is either right or wrong. If it is right, then we should let it alone. But we hold that it is wrong—forbidden by the word of God. It is a filthy habit. This all admit. But the command of God is, "Cleanse yourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit." It is a disgraceful habit. But the command is, "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, . . . do all to the glory of God." No one ever pretends that God is glorified by his professed servants chewing tobacco or smoking cigars. It is an expensive habit. But the command is, "Honor the Lord with thy substance." Statistics show that last year the United States paid $135,224,000 for 1,352,246,000 cigars—and smoked them. The cost of chewing-tobacco and snuff consumed during that period will bring up the annual cost of these luxuries to $250,000,000. How meager in comparison with these enormous figures is the sum contributed during the same period toward sending the gospel to a dying world! Is it not evident that men love their cigars better than professed Christians love souls?—Earnest Christian.
LAUNDRY HINTS.
BUTTERMILK will remove tar spots sometimes. Rinse in soapy water.
A paste of soft soap and starch will take stains out of bed-ticking. Spread it on the spots, and when dry scrape off and wash with a damp sponge.
To remove grease stains from silk hats, use turpentine and then alcohol.
To iron a silk hat, hold the hat in the left hand, pass a warm iron quickly around, following the lay of the nap.
To clean silk, the garment must be first ripped and brushed. Spread on a flat board an old blanket covered with an old sheet. Then sponge the silk on both sides, rubbing any dirty spots particularly, with this mixture: One-half cup ox-gall, one-half cup ammonia, and one-half pint tepid soft water. Roll the silk on a stick, an old broom handle will do, being careful that no wrinkles are left on it. Let it dry without ironing. Woolen goods may be treated in the same manner.
All fancy hosiery should be put into a strong solution of salt and cold water before wearing, well saturated, and dried without wringing, either in the shade or in a warm room.
To clean coats, take of ammonia two ounces, soap one ounce, soft water one quart, and a teaspoonful of saltpeter. Shake well and let the mixture stand a few days. Pour enough on a coat to cover grease spots, rub well, wash off with clean cold water.
SECULAR.
—The territory of Arizona has been made a customs district.
—The high-license law of Michigan has been declared unconstitutional.
—It is reported that several Chicago aldermen have been indicted for complicity in election frauds.
—Experiments with sugar-beet seed from Central Germany and Bohemia have been very successful in Ontario.
—The papers say that a couple of sixteen-year-old children were recently married by contract at San Jose, Cal.
—A national temperance congress has been called to meet in the Broadway Tabernacle Church, New York City, on the 14th inst.
—It is quite significant, as Governor Miller says, that since the Lottery bill was killed, no more $15,000 prizes have been drawn in Dakota.
—Various political plots are coming to the surface, whereby politicians hoped to benefit their respective parties by manipulating the census reports.
—The portion of the long-talked-of treasury surplus falling to San Jose, Cal., is $200,000, which Congress has appropriated for a government building.
—The owners of planing mills in Oakland, Cal., are contemplating giving their men a half holiday on Saturday of each week in lieu of the eight-hour demand.
—There is prospect of an unusually large fruit crop in California the present season. The grain crop, though the acreage is comparatively small on account of the exceedingly wet winter, promises a very large yield.
—Blooming Grove, Texas, was struck by a hurricane May 1, which did great damage to property. The new Baptist Church and several residences were totally demolished, and many other buildings were greatly damaged.
—The Chicago police recently raided an opium den and found a number of lemon-rinds filled with opium. The ends had been cut off, the insides scraped out, opium put in each, and the ends cemented on again.
—Destructive prairie fires have been raging in the Sioux Reservation, South Dakota. A man named Shoun lost fifty head of cattle and narrowly escaped with his life. The fires were set by Indians, who have been arrested.
—Strikes are reported from various parts of Austria, in the linen and other textile factories. At Frankstadt, the troops were called out, April 29, to arrest a mob which had pillaged a linen factory, and many of the rioters were bayoneted.
—The proprietors of the New York World have been indicted by the grand jury for criminal libel of the late A. T. Stewart. The World has been exposing alleged crooked means by which Hilton has come to own the larger part of the vast property.
—Prince Henry, of Battenburg, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, is in disgrace. It seems that the Prince of Wales had the husband of Beatrice shadowed by detectives until he was caught in some of the loose practices for which Wales himself used to be noted.
—The president of the Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania, has been compelled to explain away the main force of an order regarding the frequenting of saloons by its employes, on account of the business boycott placed on the road by the various liquor interests.
—There was a great labor festival in various parts of Europe on May-day. The result in Germany is a plan to cover the empire with a net-work of employers' associations of all trades and industries, to offset the demands of employes. In Spain, riots occurred in several places, which had to be quelled by the troops. A great many strikes are reported.
—The Germans are not all beer guzzlers, although they generally have that reputation. The National German American Prohibition League is an active society of Germans. During the Dakota campaign, they supplied three thousand German voters with temperance literature; and now they are supplying the German voters of Nebraska, besides sending large quantities to Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois.
—A young lady of twenty years recently defended her brother in the Police Court of this city, who was arraigned on a charge of striking his father. She said her brother had been brought up in a drunkard's home, and had been so beaten and trampled upon that there was little wonder that he should go astray. His treatment had not been discipline, it had been brutality; if he had had a chance, he would have been a different man.
—The New York World says: "On a recent Sunday, in the face of a special police order directing that care be taken to prevent the sale of liquor, the World's reporters found more than five hundred places where drink was sold. Superintendent Murray said, in relation to this showing, that 5,000 arrests are made every year for violations of the excise law, and that 10,000 of these cases are now on file in the district attorney's office, but that convictions are well-nigh impossible."
—It is said that the Committee of One Hundred, with headquarters in New York, have not yet abandoned Senator Blair's Educational bill, although it was defeated and then hung up on reconsideration. The committee is sending out millions of pages of pamphlets, one of which is entitled, "The Pope's Last Veto in American Politics." It is a fact, however, that the pope's hand is not nearly so conspicuous (if at all apparent) in the defeat of the Educational bill as it is in the support of Mr. Blair's National Sunday-Rest bill and Educational Amendment resolution.
—Col. John P. Irish has publicly stated his belief that neither the city superintendent nor the principals of Oakland schools could solve many of the problems given to applicants for teachers' certificates, if brought to the task under like circumstances. Some of these, he asserts, are mere mathematical puzzles, the solution of which is no evidence of qualification to teach. He concludes his criticism with the following pertinent observation: "I have noticed that as the schools recede farther from sound culture in the common branches, the more difficult has become the securing of a certificate to teach by those who have excellent knack at teaching all that should be taught in common schools."
News and Notes.
By Editor
RELIGIOUS.
—During the self-denial week of the Salvation Army, $100,000 was raised for mission work.
—At the recent session of the Presbyterian presbytery of Utah, there were present twenty ministers and two elders.
—The Baptists of the "regular" order in the United States have passed the three-million point. Their total membership, white and colored, north and south, is stated by the Year Book for 1890 to be 3,070,047. The number of baptisms reported for the past year is 144,575.
—Rev. Father Whelan, of St. Patrick's Church, Montreal, in dealing with the subject of public schools, recently, maintained, according to Roman Catholic doctrine, that the church should primarily look after the child, the parents coming next, and the State third.
—Sweden seems desirous of taking its share in African enterprise and exploration. Mr. Sachrissen is the leader of a projected Swedish expedition to the Victoria Nyanza; 100 Swedish artisans have entered into arrangements extending over three years. The intention is to form stations from the northeast of Lake Tanganyika in the direction of the Victoria Nyanza, designed to co-operate in the suppression of the slave-trade.
—Dr. Talmage says "there are crowds and armies of good people to be found wherever one goes." But a wiser than he has said: "They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." This telling the world that it is good will not bring it to Christ. "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins."
—It has been decided in Illinois that the Y. M. C. A. is not a strictly religious organization within the meaning of the laws of that State, but is a benevolent and charitable institution as well. It is not alone in Illinois that religion has become so weak that it is no longer regarded as benevolent and charitable. The assumed necessity for a special side organization for every good purpose within the purview of the Christian religion, has given rise to much distrust of the church as a practical working body.
—Rev. W. W. Wilson, of Baltimore, was called upon, at a recent session of the African M. E. Church Conference, to answer the charge of making a speech at a banquet in honor of the colored pugilist, Peter Jackson. In his defense, Mr. Wilson said: "I told Jackson that he had achieved great success in his line, which was somewhat different from mine, and I hoped that he would use his strength in bringing souls to Christ." It was finally voted that Rev. Mr. Wilson be merely told of his error, and this action was taken amid much laughter and applause.
—It is said that the rectors of two churches in the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Maryland, who use a very advanced ceremonial, have for some time been placing what remains of the consecrated bread and wine after the Communion service in a miniature tabernacle on the altar and burning a taper in front of it. Bishop Paret has, in consequence, issued a circular letter, it is stated, which says the church law is explicit that whatever remains of the consecrated material must immediately after the benediction be reverently consumed by the minister and other communicants.
—Of the interest manifested at Bombay, India, in the protection of Sunday as a day of rest, the Harvest Field says: "It was proposed to change the day for the sailing of the mail steamer for England to Sunday, but the proposal has been vigorously opposed, not only by the Chamber of Commerce and the Corporation of the city, but by a great demonstration made in the Town Hall, which was packed to overflowing by representative Christians, Jews, Parsees, Mohammedans, and Hindus." This demonstration shows the utter inappropriateness of calling Sunday the "Christian Sabbath," which is so strenuously insisted upon by many in this country.
Obituary.
KREICHBAUM.—Died, April 23, 1890, Eugene, infant son of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Kreichbaum, of spasm of the epiglottis, aged 3 months and 24 days. He had no disease that could be ascertained, and it was hard to believe that he could be dead, so life-like and peaceful and sweet was his death sleep. This is the third child that Brother and Sister Kreichbaum have lost. Dr. Kreichbaum was summoned by telegram from St. Louis, Mo., where he had gone on business, reaching home to find his little one cold in death. Funeral services by the writer.
M. C. W.
CAWKINS.—Died at Healdsburg, Cal., April 19, 1890, Sister Edna Hayes Cawkins, aged 37 years 3 months and 24 days. Edna Hayes was born in Stanstead County, P. Q., and spent her early life in Derby, Vermont. She then removed to Parsons, Kansas, and from there to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she married in 1874. In 1886 with her husband she came to Los Angeles, Cal. At the Adventist camp-meeting held there in 1887 she gave her heart to God, and has since been a consistent member of the Adventist Church. A little over a year ago she contracted a severe cold, from which she did not recover, but sank rapidly with quick consumption. She died in the hope of a short waiting-time, and a glorious resurrection. Her husband and other loved ones are living and looking for that glad day when the dead shall hear the voice of Him that hath power over death.
W. M. HEALEY.
BANTA.—Died of dropsy at her home in Pleasant Grove, Cal., April 23, 1890, Sister Frances Banta. She was born in East Tennessee in 1810, and was married to Henry Banta in 1825. She was the mother of twelve children, six sons and six daughters, five sons, three daughters, and her aged companion being left to mourn their loss. In early life she was converted and united with the Baptist Church, and has since lived a consistent Christian life. She became a believer in the Third Angel's Message about three years ago, in which she continued until the day of her death. Among her last words were (referring to the fourteenth chapter of St. John), "I love that chapter, I love that chapter." I said, "Mother, the Lord is good;" she, being so weak that she could scarcely speak, responded by bowing her head; and by many other tokens expressed her love for her Redeemer. She was loved by all who knew her, and was ready to minister to the wants and needs of those around her. We laid mother away with the assurance that she will come forth at the call of Christ, clad with immortal bloom. Funeral services were conducted by Mr. Murrish, the Methodist minister of Pleasant Grove. She sleeps in Jesus. "Blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to weep!"
ERASTUS BANTA.
THOUGHTS ON DANIEL,
By Uriah Smith
CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.
BY ELD. U. SMITH.
AN EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL, VERSE BY VERSE.
WE are now living in times plainly pointed out in this prophecy, and it is important to understand it; for Daniel himself says that in the time of the end, the wise shall understand; while, if we fail, we are equally guilty with the Jews, who knew not the time of their visitation (Luke 19:42-44), and shall meet a similar fate. 416 pp. Price, $1.25.
Address,
PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.
Publishers' Department.
By Editor
IMPORTANT TO THOSE REMAILING THE "SENTINEL."
WE are indeed thankful to our friends, and the friends of the cause of present truth, who have united with us during the past few months in giving the American Sentinel the largest circulation that it has ever enjoyed; but while we commend the efforts already put forth, we are compelled to say that more good might have been accomplished had one important feature of the work not been neglected in so very many cases. That to which we refer is the sending of a card or letter with the first paper sent, notifying the party to whom it is sent that he is to receive the paper for a few weeks, and remarking, incidentally, that it is to be free. This has in the past been insisted upon by those who have had charge of the work of remailing our periodicals, and it certainly should not be omitted, except in special cases.
During the past three months we have received directly from persons to whom the Sentinel was being sent, and through postmasters, hundreds of requests to discontinue the paper, as they had never ordered it and did not wish it. Most of those who thus refuse the paper are evidently under the impression that a demand will be made upon them to pay for the paper, and they are offended at what they regard as a trick of the publishers to force them to take and pay for a paper for which they have not subscribed. Of course the note at the head of the last page ought to correct this impression; very few, however, read it, and some who do evidently do not believe it, and feel that an effort is being made to victimize them. The result is that they are prejudiced not only against the Sentinel but against the truths which it seeks to teach, so far as they have examined it to know what they are.
Another evil which results from this neglect to write letters is that it makes enemies for us among the postmasters. Many of these papers are sent out by those who are entitled to pound rates of postage, and there is nothing to show that they do not come from the office of publication. In two or three weeks the papers are refused, and the postmaster notifies us to stop sending them, as it is his duty to do. But the names are not on our list, and we cannot stop. This offends the postmaster, for he thinks that we have intentionally disregarded an official notification. Of course we generally explain that we are not sending the papers, but as they bear no stamps appearances are against us.
Sometimes we receive orders to send the Sentinel to certain addresses. This we of course do; but it not infrequently happens that even when a date several months in the future is plainly printed upon the little yellow address tab, the parties to whom the paper is sent, not knowing how they come to be receiving it, refuse to take it from the post-office. It is safe to say that in nine cases out of ten if a letter or card were written when the first paper is sent, or when the order is sent to us, the Sentinel would not only not be refused, but it would be read with a very different feeling from that with which it is received.
It may cost a little more both in time and money to do this work as it should be done, but is that cheapest and easiest way always the best way? In such a matter as this it certainly is not. We firmly believe that it would be better to send out fewer papers, accompanied by letters or cards, than to send out a greater number as they have been sent during the past few months. We trust that our friends everywhere will inquire after "the old paths" in the matter of remailing periodicals, especially the American Sentinel, and make it a rule to always notify those to whom they either send papers or to whom they direct us to send them.
PUBLISHERS AMERICAN SENTINEL.
Upper Columbia Health and Temperance Association Session
By E. L. Stewart
The Upper Columbia Health and Temperance Association will hold its annual session for the transaction of business, in connection with the camp-meeting at Milton, Or., May 14-21. E. L. STEWART, Pres.
FARE TO THE UPPER COLUMBIA CAMP-MEETING.
By Upper Columbia Conference Committee
ALL who come to the Upper Columbia camp-meeting over the U. P. R. R. will pay full fare to the meeting and will be returned for one-fifth of a fare. Remember the O. R. & N. is a part of the U. P. R'y system. U. C. CONF. COM.
NOTICE.
By Editor
The daily proceedings of the Upper Columbia Conference at its next annual session, together with a synopsis of the sermons delivered at the Milton camp-meeting, will be published in a daily issue of the Milton Eagle. There will be six numbers issued. Those wishing to have these papers mailed to them daily as issued, please send 25 cts. to F. S. Hafford, Milton, Or.
NORTH PACIFIC CAMP-MEETING.
THE camp-meeting for the North Pacific Conference will be held in East Portland, May 28 to June 4. This meeting will be preceded by a workers' meeting, commencing May 21. Further particulars will be given in the future.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
THE North Pacific Conference will hold its next annual session for the transaction of such business as may come before it, at the time of the camp-meeting to be held at East Portland, May 28 to June 4. Let all the churches elect delegates, and see that they are provided with credentials.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
THE next annual session of the North Pacific Tract and Missionary Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at East Portland, May 28 to June 4.
E. D. HURLBERT, Pres.
THE twelfth annual session of the North Pacific Sabbath-school Association will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, May 28 to June 4. Elders R. S. Owen and W. W. Sharp will be present to give instruction in all branches of the Sabbath-school work. We hope to see a general attendance of all our Sabbath-school workers. Let the secretaries bring both their secretary and class-record books. Special instructions will be given to officers and teachers. A Sabbath-school tent will be erected on the grounds, in which those having the work in charge can be consulted on all questions pertaining to this branch of the work. Come with a spirit of consecration and devotion, that this may be the best meeting we have ever attended.
W. C. WARD, Pres. N. P. S. S. Ass'n.
NORTH PACIFIC TRACT SOCIETY, TAKE NOTICE!
By E. D. Hurlbert
On account of sickness, F. S. Bunch, secretary and treasurer of the North Pacific T. and M. Society, has been compelled to resign. Please address all communications pertaining to that work to J. A. Burden, Box B 2, East Portland. E. D. HURLBERT, Pres.
CHANGE IN ADDRESS!
By O. C. Godsmark
OWING to a renumbering of the city lots, the address of our mission, which was formerly 35 Carr Street, is now 143 Carr Street, Los Angeles, Cal. We trust that our friends who have correspondence with the mission, and especially those who are sending in provisions, donations, etc., will kindly bear this in mind, as it will save confusion.
O. C. GODSMARK, Supt.
WEST VIRGINIA TRACT SOCIETY.
By W. J. Stone
WE have now located our depository at Newburg, W. Va., and Mrs. G. L. Bowen will act as secretary. All communications regarding the Tract Society work should hereafter be addressed to her, at the above address. W. J. STONE, Pres.
CAMP-MEETINGS IN MILTON AND EAST PORTLAND, OREGON.
By R. A. Underwood
WE hope that there will be a large attendance at both of these meetings from the beginning of the preparatory meetings till the close of the camp-meeting. A good corps of laborers representing all branches of the work will be on the ground at an early date of the workers' meeting. We are happy to state that Sister E. G. White will attend both of these meetings. It has been several years since Sister White has attended these Northern camp-meetings, and it may be several years before she will be with this people again, if ever. Besides a strong corps of helpers to labor for the English-speaking people, Elder H. Shultz will be present to labor for the German brethren and population, at both the Upper Columbia and North Pacific camp-meetings. Let all come expecting and laboring for the best meeting we have ever had in these Conferences.
R. A. UNDERWOOD.
NORTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE, ATTENTION!
THE Northern Pacific and Southern Pacific lines of railroad will give the usual reduction of fare to all persons attending the camp-meeting this year. The rate will be full fare going, and one-fifth fare returning. Arrangements will be made to have all baggage taken from the various depots to the camp-ground, so that those coming need not look after hack-men to do this for them.
Persons coming on the East Side division of the Southern Pacific lines should have the baggage checked to East Portland, but they would do better to get off at L Street Station, take the street-car on N Street, and get off at D Street, follow D Street to 14th, where the camp-ground is located. Persons coming in on the West Side division of the Southern Pacific, or on the Northern Pacific, should take the street-car at the Northern Pacific Depot, go to Morrison Street, there transfer to the East Portland street-car at the west end of Morrison Street bridge, and get off at D Street in East Portland. In making the transfer, be sure to ask for the 5th Street cars at the west end of the bridge.
There will be tents upon the ground to rent at reasonable rates. All persons wishing to rent tents should write to J. A. Burden, East Portland, Or., stating the size of tent desired. Failure to do this may subject you to some inconvenience on arrival at the camp-ground.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
NORTH PACIFIC CAMP-MEETING.
By Conference Committee
THE time for this meeting is drawing near. The camp-meeting proper will begin May 27, and close June 4. The importance of these general gatherings increases as we see the perils of the last days thickening around us. The solemnity of the times in which we live is of itself a very urgent reason why every friend of present truth should make the most earnest endeavors to attend the meeting. We confidently expect the largest and best camp-meeting ever held in this Conference.
A large corps of laborers will be in attendance. Sister White will attend our camp-meeting this year. Elders R. A. Underwood, E. H. Gates, R. S. Owen, H. Shultz, and W. W. Sharp will be present to assist by their labors and counsel. Brother S. N. Curtiss, of Oakland, Cal., will be present to give instructions in, and look after, the interests of the canvassing work.
The ground selected for the meeting is in East Portland, on D Street between 14th and 16th. The different lines of railroad will grant the usual reduction of fare to persons attending this meeting.
There will be a workers' meeting, which will begin May 21 and continue until the opening of the camp-meeting. We trust that all Conference laborers, church and Sabbath-school officers, canvassers, and many others will avail themselves of the benefits to be derived from this workers' meeting.
The various churches of the Conference should not omit to select proper persons as delegates to the Conference to be held in connection with this camp-meeting. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the church, and one additional delegate for every ten members.
Time is very short. The final struggle between truth and error is at hand. The great enemy is marshaling his forces for the last controversy. Shall we be less earnest in preparing to defend the truth of God? The cause demands workers who are fully instructed in all branches of the work, and whose hearts have been touched by the Spirit of God. But few more such opportunities for seeking God and receiving instruction will be granted us. Shall we let this privilege slip by unimproved? or shall we prize it so highly that we will make any reasonable sacrifice to attend this meeting? We feel assured that our brethren will make every effort on their part to enjoy the privileges and blessings of the coming camp-meeting.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
Upper Columbia T. and M. Society Session
The next annual session of the Upper Columbia T. and M. Society for transaction of business, will be held at Milton, Oregon, May 14 to 21. By order of president. S. H. CARNAHAN, Sec.
Appointments.
UPPER COLUMBIA CAMP-MEETING AND CONFERENCE.
THE Upper Columbia camp-meeting will be held at Milton, Oregon, beginning May 14 and continuing until the 21st. A workers' meeting will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, beginning May 7.
The next annual meeting of the Upper Columbia Conference for the transaction of business, will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Milton, Oregon, May 14 to 21. Let all churches in the Conference see that delegates are elected and necessary reports forwarded to the Conference secretary.